At noon on the third day, a check for 100,000 yuan from the Bank of China was delivered to Wu Ming, along with a pair of brand-new colonel collar stamps.

Wu Ming entered the inside of the tent, grabbed two cylinders of ocean and stuffed them into the pocket of the quartermaster of the division headquarters who sent the check, and explained that we have already had lunch, so we will not leave you to eat.

Chen Zhanhong, the young quartermaster, didn't expect Wu Ming to be so generous, and he reacted when he was hugged out of the tent by Wu Ming, and hurriedly took out two cylinders of ocean and returned them to Wu Ming:

"Chief Wu, this money can't be collected, this is the hard-earned money of the brothers, even if it is a bonus, it is also exchanged for the lives of the brothers, and the subordinates have no merit, and they dare not accept it!"

Wu Ming was surprised: "Brother Chen, I've known you for a long time, and I still don't know where you are from?" ”

Chen Zhanhong, who was on the thin side, replied embarrassedly: "Little brother Fenghua." ”

Wu Ming understood, smiled and ordered: "Go back and thank you for me, Xie Shi and the two chiefs of staff, and say that after the battle, I Wu Ming will invite them to the best restaurant in Quzhou for a drink, and you will go too!" ”

Chen Zhanhong smiled: "Okay, the little brother must bring the words to ...... There is a request for Chief Wu, the younger brother wants to enter your special service company for an internship, I wonder if the chief can approve it? Sir, don't think about it, the younger brother graduated from the seventh phase of the Central Military Academy, his endurance and marksmanship are passable, and he has always been reluctant to be this quartermaster. ”

Wu Ming felt very strange: "Is it your own meaning, or the meaning of the teacher's seat?" ”

"It's the younger brother who makes his own opinion, and the division doesn't know what to do, but yesterday the younger brother heard the division and the two chiefs of staff say that after going back, the second division's station will be set at the Changshan camp, and Commander Wu will be promoted to the deputy chief of staff of the second division, and he will also serve as the commander of the fifth regiment, responsible for the military training of the whole division, and then Commander Wu will be fully responsible for the formation of the division's subordinate teaching team." Chen Zhanhong replied in a low voice.

Wu Ming was taken aback, and after thinking about it carefully, he knew that this was a young man showing favor to himself, and after hesitating for a moment, he told him directly: "As long as the master agrees, I have no opinion, I can come whenever I want, but whether you can learn the real thing, the key depends on yourself, what I mean...... Do you understand? ”

Chen Zhanhong excitedly saluted: "Understood! Thank you, sir! I won't tell you anything, in private, I call my cousin, I believe he will agree to this request, see you again! ”

Wu Ming, who was standing outside the tent, stared at the back of Chen Zhanhong and the two guards riding away on horseback, and pondered heavily, Dai Ziran stepped forward to stand beside him, looked at the direction where Chen Zhanhong was going, and laughed in a low voice: "Won't it be the first step for the division to plot to seize our spy company, right?" ”

"No!"

Wu Ming shook his head: "I was quite worried before, but now I am not worried, since Chen Zhanhong took the initiative to ask to enter our spy company for apprenticeship, it means that the division has no intention of seizing our spy company, even if he has this idea in his heart, he will not do it...... From this point of view, our Yu Shizuo is still a frank person with a fair heart, much better than Chen Shizheng's little white face with a treacherous face. ”

Dai Ziran was amused when he heard it, and he agreed with Wu Ming's statement very much: "Your analogy is really appropriate, as long as that guy takes off his military uniform, changes his costume, and stands on the stage without makeup, he can play a traitorous villain, ha, ha!" ”

Wu Ming was shocked: "You kid is more damaged than me!" I didn't expect that an honest young man with excellent knowledge could fall so quickly, tsk! I can't bear to see it......"

Dai Ziran was stunned for a long time, and when he saw a group of brothers around him covering his mouth and laughing, he hurriedly turned around and chased into the tent, and relentlessly asked Wu Ming to make his words clear.

Wu Ming happened to have nothing to do, so he sneered at each other, Dai Ziran was furious, the two of them did not give an inch to each other, their tone became more and more urgent, and their voices became louder and louder.

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Nanyuan Village, which is only 18 kilometers away from Maopai Ridge in a straight line, is also a jubilant scene; the Fourth Division of the Red Army, which has brilliantly completed its combat tasks and captured a large amount of weapons, equipment, and materials, has just finished a celebration party, and more than 1,000 soldiers who have received the new rifles are excited, and the 800 young men who have been newly recruited to take over the old guns of the veterans are also extremely satisfied.

Accompanied by a group of commanders of the Fourth Division, Chen Qihan picked up the captured brand-new Czech machine gun to try his hand, and later saw hundreds of boxes of grenades, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and four brand-new American Browning heavy machine guns neatly stacked, and even Lin Biao almost drooled.

After the visit, Lin Biao and his entourage entered the old Taoist temple under the big camphor tree, and the temporary division headquarters of the Fourth Division was located in the main hall of six zhang square.

Guo Tianming walked a few steps to the map on the left wall, and introduced it to Lin Biao and others with great interest: "I personally think that this map is the most precious. ”

Lin Biao and the others immediately stepped forward to watch, Guo Tianming gave a detailed introduction to the origin of the map, pointed to the clear and detailed mileage, slope, deep streams, streams, and so on on on the map, and pointed to the cartographic unit and half of the official seal in the lower corner of the map, telling all the details of the enemy regiment commander Wu Ming and the five regiments under his command.

After listening to the introduction, Lin Biao and the others looked at the map that had never been more accurate or detailed, and their expressions became extremely solemn.

Luo Ronghuan immediately remembered the content of the commendation broadcast by the Kuomintang Central News Agency in the past two days, so he informed everyone of the situation, and pointed to Maopailing on the map: "It is estimated that Wu Mingtuan is in this place now." ”

"Yes, it's in Maopailing! The intelligence officer in the hidden village sent a message the day before yesterday that after Wu Ming's regiment attacked it, he immediately built the previous fortifications and fortresses, restored martial law, and did not allow the villagers to approach any fortifications and barracks, and it is estimated that the entire defense system has been changed. Xie Weijun, political commissar of the Fourth Division, said clearly.

Luo Ronghuan hurriedly asked: "They have died so many people, is it difficult for the villagers?" ”

Xie Weijun hesitated and couldn't help but look at Guo Tianming.

Seeing this, Lin Biao reminded in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, what's the big deal?" What are you doing? ”

Xie Weijun immediately puffed up his chest, took a deep breath, and reported truthfully: "After the enemy's five regiments entered the village, they did not embarrass any people, they buried the bodies of all the Kuomintang officers and soldiers under the barren slope more than a mile south of the village, and even the corpses of the 147 soldiers that we had no time to take away, and then bought back three animals from the villagers and carried out a grand sacrificial ceremony. There is a line written on it: One hundred and forty-seven soldiers who died in battle for differentism are buried here! A bottle of incense and candles is also offered. ”

Lin Biao was taken aback, Luo Ronghuan exclaimed, Chen Qihan also had a headache, and bluntly said that the enemy was cunning, obviously trying to disturb the people's hearts.

Guo Tianming added: "There is another thing, two soldiers of the third company of our broken regiment unfortunately fell off the cliff on the way to retreat, and were rescued back to the village by the Kuomintang officers and soldiers belonging to Wu Ming's regiment, and placed in the house of the village elder Uncle Zhou. ”

Luo Ronghuan finally understood the difficulty of this Jiang bandit commander: "In this way, wouldn't the villagers be allowed to recite their great benevolence and righteousness?" It will not be easy to carry out political work in the future! Are your agents safe? ”

Guo Tianming shook his head: "I don't know what to do, I haven't received news for two days...... Our reconnaissance team could not get within five kilometers of the village, and in every direction, they were detected in advance by the enemy's lurking outposts, either fired warning shots, or a grenade flew out of nowhere and exploded at a distance that did not hurt anyone...... So far, we haven't come up with a good solution. ”

Chen Qihan and others were taken aback, Lin Biao silently walked to the map, looked at the map motionless, many of the inside stories he mastered were not under Luo Ronghuan and Chen Qihan, he knew very well the situation before this Wu Ming, but he didn't expect Wu Ming to be good at political offensives, what Lin Biao paid the most attention to was Wu Ming's reconnaissance and stealth ability and counter-reconnaissance ability, which was originally the Red Army's specialty and magic weapon for victory, once lost, this battle basically did not need to be fought.

Luo Ronghuan didn't ask anything more, and the main hall was suddenly quiet, and every pair of eyes looked at the motionless legion commander Lin Biao.

Lin Biao quickly turned around, pointed to the map and told everyone: "Today we are not only here to congratulate your four divisions on the successful completion of the task of containing the enemy and winning the battle, but for the upcoming Nancheng Campaign!" At present, the main forces of the enemy army have withdrawn one after another, giving up all the areas south of Anle, Yihuang, and Nanfeng, and the first column and reserve division of the Kuomintang have withdrawn to the line from Longxi to Chongren north of Yihuang to rest, and the main force of the middle road, Chen Cheng's department, has also withdrawn from Guangchang, and has gone north to Nanfeng to rest, and in the south, the four divisions of the Yu Han Mou Department of the Guangdong Army are also retreating step by step. ”

Lin Biao walked to the front of the two rows of seats and asked everyone to sit down: "Let's talk about the external environment conveyed by the central government, due to the policy of non-resistance pursued by the Northeast Army, Rehe is in danger under the bombardment of Japanese planes and ground artillery fire, and the main force of the Japanese army is also moving southward by separate routes, and it seems that it is going straight to the line of the Great Wall. ”

Chiang Kai-shek, who did not dare to ignore the people's wishes, urgently flew to Beiping to extinguish the fire, but before leaving, he divided Jiangxi into eight areas and ordered his troops to continue to encircle and suppress us! Is it tolerable or unbearable, the Central Committee calls on our army corps to make persistent efforts to completely drive Chiang's bandit army out of the Soviet area! ”

"Based on the spirit of the Central Committee's instructions, our Red First Army will fight another battle, and the target is the largest advance base and transit point of the Kuomintang army - Nancheng!"

The hot-blooded generals were taken aback, and they didn't know why they had to cross Nanfeng, where the enemy's three divisions were stationed, and directly attack Nancheng north of Nanfeng, was it because Nancheng had few troops?

However, as long as Nancheng was in danger, the Kuomintang army could mobilize at least four divisions from the north and south to rush to the battlefield within 12 hours.

Lin Biao's next words instantly solved the mystery in everyone's hearts: "Nancheng is to be fought by our Red First Army, and the Third and Fifth Army Corps are responsible for dealing with the Nanfeng defenders forty kilometers to the south. ”

Guo Tianming immediately stepped forward: "Legion Commander, give an order!" ”

Lin Biao nodded and pointed to Maopai Ridge on the map: "You continue to fight here...... I will send three more main regiments to cooperate with you in the battle, and we must resolutely eliminate this stubborn Wu Ming regiment of the Zhejiang army, otherwise this guy will definitely bring unexpected trouble to our future operations. ”

Guo Tianming was stunned, and Xie Weijun was also deeply surprised, but he quickly puffed up his chest and resolutely took over the task.

Lin Biao advised: "The enemy you are facing is very cunning, and the combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment are very strong, so this battle will be very difficult to fight, and it may have to pay sacrifices that have never been made before, but in the face of such a stubborn enemy, we can't help but fight, let alone let the tiger go back to the mountain!" ”

"Although there is a cloud in the art of war: you can't go back to being proud. This time, we'll do the opposite, and we'll be proud! The key to this battle is: buy time, fight for speed, attack his unpreparedness, besiege him in groups, and then attack him from all sides to completely defeat him! ”