At dawn, Wu Ming led the division headquarters to send Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhirou away at the temporary airport, and immediately convened a meeting of officers of all brigades and regiments of the New Second Division to convey Zhang Fakui's latest order.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard the names of Zhang Fakui and Liu Jianxu, everyone was extremely disgusted, and even Long Shaogang and other old and serious people were very disgusted with them.

At this life-and-death juncture related to the survival of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Dongning painstakingly explained the truth of taking into account the overall situation, and called on everyone to put aside their prejudices and start from the overall situation.

The generals were silent, some lowered their heads to look at their palms, some tilted their heads to admire the rising sun in the sky, and some stared at the desktop map to think about the recent war...... It's just that no one took Zhang Dongning's words.

Zhang Dongning took a sip of water, moistened his throat, which was about to smoke, and sat down a little weakly, giving Wu Ming, who was sitting in the main seat, a helpless expression. Wu Ming, who has been watching from the sidelines, finally understands that now the new second division has completely become a bandit division under his leadership, and it is always unprofitable and cannot afford to be early.

Wu Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly, stood up and waved his hands: "Okay, although it is an order issued by Commander Zhang, after all, through the hands of the chairman of the committee, the central government has specially sent two chiefs, Yu and Zhou, to come here to express comfort, we can't kick our noses in the face, this order must be obeyed unconditionally"

Wu Ming paused for a moment, and then changed his words: "Besides, the two generals Yu and Zhou did not come empty-handed, and the central government will allocate enough weapons and ammunition for us to equip a division in the coming period." If one of them performs well in the next battle, which one will be replenished first. ”

As soon as Wu Ming's words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of the three brigade commanders and the regiment commander. Everyone's performance Wu Ming saw it in his eyes, and was speechless again, if these guys were persuaded by the big truth, they were really playing the piano to the cow, and now when they heard the weapons and equipment, their eyes glowed green, and they were full of wolf nature.

Seeing that the information released had received everyone's attention, Wu Ming said to Dai Ziran on the side: "Read out the order"

"Yes"

Dai Ziran stood up and loudly announced the division headquarters resolution in a sonorous and powerful voice, to the effect that the first and second regiments of the supplementary brigade would be organized into the third brigade, and together with the second brigade, they would be organized into the temporary third division, and go to Wuxing to join the battlefield of the northern front of the Right Wing Army and cooperate with the Eighth Army and the Tenth Group Army.

The people who heard the number of their troops were depressed, lamenting that their lives were not good, and they had to cooperate with Zhang Fakui, Liu Jianxu and others. However, military personnel regard obedience to orders as their duty, and in the face of the overall situation that has a bearing on the life and death of the entire nation, they can only obey unconditionally.

Dai Ziran sat down after reading, and Wu Ming looked left and right: "You are mainly going to cooperate with the battle this time, don't cry one by one." The newly formed Temporary Third Division, I decide-"

Wu Ming dragged out his voice for a long time, which suddenly attracted the attention of the generals, seeing that the expansion of the new second division was imminent, so the position of the temporary third division as a temporary number would naturally rise with the tide, and in the future, he would not necessarily have the opportunity to lead a division alone, and no one could calm down.

Wu Ming smiled secretly, and continued: "For the time being, the third division is represented by Long Shaogang, and Dai Ziran is the acting deputy division commander and chief of staff. After this battle is over, you will be appointed according to your performance on the battlefield."

Wu Ming's words made Yang Sixian and Zou Qi, deputy commander of the supplementary brigade, a little moved. They had already heard about the conditions set by Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhirou, and once the new Second Division was expanded into the New Second Army, they would have a good chance to hold major positions in the expanded New Third Division, but whether they could succeed smoothly depended on whether they could meet Wu Ming's requirements.

Similarly, once Wu Ming became the commander of the army, the position of commander of the new Second Division was vacant, and this position was a huge temptation for Luo Yuming and Yin Dizhong who stayed behind.

Yang Si thought about it for a while and asked Wu Ming for advice: "Master, let's go to Wuxing to cooperate with Zhang Fakui and Liu Jianxu to fight, I don't know if you have any special instructions?" ”

"When it comes to specific commands, it is your commanders who will randomly respond according to the deployment and movement of the Japanese army, and I will not get involved. I'll just make two requests."

As Wu Ming stood up, Long Shaogang, Dai Ziran, Yang Sixian, Zou Qi and the others all looked at the division commander intently, waiting for the next words. Wu Ming cleared his throat, raised his right hand and waved it vigorously: "First, it is necessary to enrich the temporary third division as soon as possible, from the formation of the division's command organ to the improvement of the brigade and regiment establishment, it must take shape as soon as possible. In normal times, you must pay attention to gathering more defeated troops, replenish the establishment of two brigades and four regiments as soon as possible, and form a combat strength

Long Shaogang nodded and secretly wrote it down.

Wu Ming's first request was simply summed up: the temporary third division should develop and grow in the battle, and not miss any opportunity to expand its own strength, so that it can become stronger and stronger in the next battle.

Wu Ming took a sip of tea, and then said: "You have all seen the performance of Zhang Fakui, Liu Jianxu and others in Jiaxing City, for their command and transfer, you must be mentally prepared to deal with difficulties, you must not blindly obey, and you must resolutely resist wrong orders." If there's any problem, ask them to send me a telegram directly. ”

Long Shaogang glanced at Dai Ziran and the others, and knew it in their chests - if Zhang Fakui's orders can be listened to, if they can't be heard, they should be in their ears, let them play by themselves

At eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, Wu Ming led the officers left behind in the division headquarters and the generals and colonels of the subordinate brigades and regiments to Tudian Town, northwest of Kipshi, to visit the soldiers who were about to go on the expedition.

On the wide sunbath north of the town, facing the cold wind, the faces of the officers and soldiers were red from the cold, but the resolute color in their eyes became more and more intense, showing the demeanor of iron-blooded soldiers.

The new Second Division was readjusted only a week ago, and the officers and men had just undergone a new round of training, and in a very short period of time, they already had the appearance of elite soldiers.

Groups of officers and soldiers formed a huge phalanx, they held their chests up, raised their heads, all in a standard military posture, and their bodies were filled with a tenacious and unyielding atmosphere.

Wu Ming walked in front of the phalanx, and the officers and soldiers in the phalanx were overjoyed, but due to military discipline, they could only cast a look of admiration at the division commander Wu Ming.

Wu Ming nodded with satisfaction as he walked, and when he walked in front of a big soldier from the Second Brigade and Third Regiment, Wu Ming stopped and looked at the scar on the big man's face, feeling very special. Although most of the officers and men of the New Second Division had a fierce and fierce temperament, almost all of the officers and men in this column had a hint of gangsterism, revealing a dangerous aura. Wu Ming realized this as early as when he met Lu Zhengde and others.

Seeing that Wu Ming didn't remember who the soldier in front of him was, Zhou Juncheng, the commander of the third regiment on the side, spoke: "Shizuo, you saw him in the field hospital before, have you forgotten?" ”

"Oh-"

After Zhou Juncheng's reminder, Wu Ming suddenly remembered: "You are Gu Feng from Xiangxi, good at using double guns"

Scar stood upright: "Report to the chief, I am Gu Feng"

According to the principle of recruiting and distributing recruits, Gu Feng, who had just joined the new Second Division, and his Yiyu Brotherhood would be transferred to the supplementary brigade to sharpen their temperament, but when Zhou Juncheng picked up the troops, he took a fancy to the fierce aura of Gu Feng and the others at a glance, and directly let them enter the third regiment.

Wu Ming looked at Scar and his brothers, after putting on the military uniform of the new Second Division, his temperament had obviously improved, and he was a little more ruthless than ordinary iron-blooded soldiers.

"Nice, very good"

Wu Ming nodded straight and asked, "I remember that you have more than a dozen brothers, and now they all join the third regiment?" ”

Gu Feng replied loudly to Wu Ming: "Report to the chief, we have all successfully entered the new second division and served under the command of Commander Zhou."

"No, there's still a little six-"

A person in the back whispered a reminder.

"No nonsense in the queue"

Zhou Juncheng scolded. Gu Feng shrunk his neck alone, he had already experienced the strictness of the military discipline of the new Second Division, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Wu Ming became interested and asked Scar: "What's the matter, our new second division treats him badly, and he doesn't want to join us?" ”

After listening to Wu Ming's question, Gu Feng's eyes were a little red, and the black face that was extremely rough just now suddenly fell silent, and he was stunned for a few seconds before he said with red eyes:

"Xiao Liuzi is my cousin, he saw in the newspaper and personally experienced the courage and fearlessness of the new second division, he dreamed of joining the new second division, but unfortunately he died-"

Zhou Juncheng explained the reason on his behalf.

When the 114th Division of the Japanese Army and the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery were annihilated at Pinghu, the Japanese spy Chiaki Hako escaped with a small group of Japanese troops from the surprise attack brigade and brutally killed Scar's cousin, who spontaneously followed the pursuit. For this reason, Scar and the others are sad, they live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and their feelings for life and death brothers are much stronger than ordinary people.

Wu Ming nodded and said to Gu Feng, "Is there anyone else in your dead cousin's family?" If there is, everything will be treated according to the treatment of our military martyrs' families."

"Xie Lu Xie Shi Seat"

Douda's tears poured out from his deep eyes, and Gu Feng's voice was astringent, but he was very happy: "My cousin has no relatives except me...... President Shi has registered him in the list of martyrs and engraved him on the monument for eternal admiration. ”

"Well, as the saying goes, heroes don't ask where they come from, and no one in my army will hold you accountable for your past. Okay" Wu Ming and Gu Feng were the same age, but they still patted Scar's shoulder in an old-fashioned manner to show encouragement, and then walked towards the other team.

Gu Feng was able to get the opportunity to talk to Wu Ming alone, which made the other soldiers envious. Gu Feng and the other dozen brothers were flushed, and their bones were much lighter. In the new second division, they are as happy as fish in water, which is definitely different from the exclusion in the Hunan army, and no one will look down on their origins.

Gu Feng looked at Wu Ming's distant figure, took a deep breath, and shook the military uniform on his body, he is now a member of the new Second Division, he will be a soldier and eat food, and from now on he will work hard for the new Second Division. The other brothers were even more so, enjoying the envious eyes of the surrounding officers and soldiers, and secretly made up their minds to definitely live up to Wu Ming's expectations.

After reviewing all the troops, Wu Ming returned to the front of the team, spoke briefly into the microphone, and then announced that the troops were deployed.

Under the orders and leadership of officers at all levels, the team slowly moved and went on the road like a long dragon.

Long Shaogang took Dai Ziran and other generals to say goodbye to Wu Ming, the scene was a bit tragic, and the falling leaves added a few wisps of gloom to this parting.

Seeing Long Shaogang and the others beating horses and leaving, Wu Ming looked at the shadow of the green dragon gradually moving away, feeling a little emotional and a little lost.

At this time, Zhang Ying, the chief of the combat section, rushed to Wu Ming with a telegram to wake up the contemplative division commander. Wu Ming took a look, and his face changed-the time to come has finally come