Fang Youchun politely declined the invitation of Cheng Chengdong and Liu Rulin to return to the city for a reunion, and chose to stay in Qingshiqiao and stay with his subordinates for two days.

Sending off the outsiders, Fang Youchun returned to the ancestral hall of the Ding family surrounded by Ma Zhizhai and several regiment commanders and regimental deputies, and wanted to take the opportunity to have a meeting, but in a blink of an eye, he saw that Wu Ming had brought two heavily armed young soldiers over, so he had to postpone it, muttering in his heart that he didn't know what kind of reputation Wu Ming was going to make.

Wu Ming didn't wait for Fang Youchun to ask, so he briefly reported the situation of the two recruits, and then respectfully requested: "Commander, according to the previous regulations, Dai Ziran and Steve, who have university graduation certificates, should be officially awarded the rank of lieutenant after the expiration of the one-year internship period, but the two of them resolutely put pen to paper to serve the party and the state during this critical period, which fully meets the relevant requirements of the wartime title awarding clause, and my subordinates implore the commander to agree to the request of my teaching team to boost the morale of the army!" ”

Fang Youchun agreed very generously: "Talent is rare, and the spirit is commendable!" According to the relevant provisions of the "Army Rank Regulations" promulgated by the Nationalist Government in 1929, the two of them are fully applicable to the rank of lieutenant medical officer. ”

"Xie Lu Xie Commander!"

After Wu Ming thanked him, he sent the two excited medical officers out of the city, and asked them to continue training with the infantry company, master basic military skills as soon as possible, and familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations of the army.

The battalion commanders of several regiments directly under the regiment were very jealous of the commander's preference for Wu Ming, and they also had a lot of complaints about Fang Youchun's unconventional promotion, but medical officers have always been in short supply in the army, and talents like Dai Zichen and Steve who graduated from the famous Hangzhou Church Medical College are even more rare, and it is not an exaggeration to officially award the rank of lieutenant, and Wu Ming's reasons for applying are also sufficient, who dares to say that now is not a special war period?

Fang Youchun didn't care what others thought, and when Wu Ming came back, he took two of the latest documents issued by the provincial government and the security department from the hands of adjutant Li Qian, and asked the chief of staff Ma Zhizhai to read them out to everyone, and then summarized them:

"According to the spirit of the higher-level documents, it is imperative to rectify the security forces in the whole province, especially our troops in western Zhejiang and Jiangxi on the border of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and it is very likely that they will be transferred to the Jiangxi battlefield after the armistice in Songhu to cooperate with the departments directly under the central government to exterminate the armed forces of the Communist Party."

Seeing the painful looks on the faces of many officers, Fang Youchun frowned: "Before I left Quzhou, I attended a special military and political meeting held by the Executive Office with Deputy Commander Tang, and the meeting decided to implement the rectification method of survival of the fittest on the original basis of our security forces, and to enrich the limited establishment to the three infantry regiments directly under the Ministry of Defense. Yesterday I went to the provincial government to submit the reorganization report, and the provincial government and the security department immediately approved it and granted the corresponding number and establishment, so everyone should be prepared now. ”

Most of the officers were overjoyed, and they all saw the opportunity for promotion, but Wu Ming was indifferent, not because he didn't want to be promoted, but because he had just been promoted to major for less than four months, and no matter how he was promoted, it would not be his turn, and more importantly, he was familiar with history and was unwilling to follow the ass of the Central Army to attack the Soviet area and the Red Army.

After Fang Youchun announced this matter, the meeting was basically over, and the two battalion commanders of the directly subordinate regiment shouted that the teaching team had good food, and asked to borrow flowers and offer Buddha to the commander to catch the wind and wash the dust, and everyone immediately applauded in unison, Wu Ming knew that it was not good to shirk, so he readily agreed.

At the end of the reception, a group of battalion and company commanders of the directly subordinate regiment left satisfied, although there was no wine during the war, but they all ate with their mouths full of oil and were very happy, and praised the cooking skills of the teaching team, but did not mention that only Wu Ming's teaching team in the whole army never withheld the soldiers' salaries and any subsidies.

Hung up the horse lantern and served fragrant tea, only Fang Youchun, Ma Zhizhai and Wu Ming's house was left, and it was suddenly much quieter, Ma Zhizhai picked his teeth and talked about the communist army Peng Dehuai and the ** department attacking Ganzhou and preventing the Central Army Chen Cheng from leading the 18th Army to the front line of resistance in Songhu.

Before Fang Youchun could express his opinion, Ma Zhizhai was refuted by Wu Ming.

"It's all!"

Wu Ming rarely burst out with a foul language: "To put it bluntly, Brother Ma, you were blinded by the propaganda of the "Central Daily" and the "Republic of China Daily...... You should not think about it, if Chairman Chiang and the central government were really as resolute in resisting Japan as advertised in the newspapers, why did they only send two divisions of the Fifth Military Region and the Central Teaching Corps to the Songhu battlefield? ”

"The war began on January 28, and until the day before yesterday, March 3, when the Japanese army captured Zhenru and Nanxiang announced an armistice, why didn't they quickly increase their troops on the Songhu battlefield for 35 days? Even if Chen Cheng's Eighteenth Army was stopped on the front line of Ganzhou, weren't there still three main divisions around Nanjing? Isn't there still five main divisions to be called upon on the Henan-Anhui encirclement and suppression battlefield, which is only a few days away from the Songhu area? Could it be that these hundreds of thousands of troops were stopped by the Red Army? ”

When Fang Youchun heard it, he scolded suddenly: "Shut up!" You dare to say this kind of nonsense, so you are not afraid of losing your head? ”

Wu Ming pursed his lips and pointed outside: "Within fifty meters are all my spy platoon brothers, unless the two eldest brothers go to report it themselves, who will know what is going on?" ”

Ma Zhizhai pointed at Wu Ming's nose: "Oh, Wu Ming, you shut up your stinky mouth for Lao Tzu!" ”

Wu Ming disagreed, and said with a smile: "If I don't regard the two of you as my own big brothers, will I say such things to outsiders?" Is this a fundamental matter of facts, a frank and relative discussion between brothers, and a deep reflection and understanding of the current situation. ”

Wu Ming's words made Fang Youchun feel very helpless, he shook his head, and reminded kindly: "It's better to pay attention, we are soldiers, and obedience is the duty of soldiers...... Little brother, you can't do this in the future, be cautious about state affairs! ”

"Big brother, if we don't say it, those nonsense in the party newspaper won't exist? No! Not only will it continue to exist, but I'm afraid it will even further fool us! All this seems to have nothing to do with us, but as long as we think about it carefully, we can see that every decision made by the central government actually involves the future of the entire country and the nation and the vital interests of our soldiers! ”

Wu Ming took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and continued: "Looking at the Songhu War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, I have to say that Chairman Chiang and the central government have made a big mistake, and this compromise with Japan will greatly boost the aggressive ambitions of the Japanese, so that Japan can occupy the vast land in Northeast China without any scruples, plunder our precious resources to the fullest, and brutally squeeze the people of Northeast China. Because of this, the Japanese military will also be full of confidence in invading China! I have a hunch that when Japan attacks China next time, the Songhu battlefield will be a scene of corpses and a sea of blood, and even the capital Nanjing will not be protected! ”

Ma Zhizhai and Fang Youchun looked at each other, and finally said their opinions in frustration: "The key is that we are not angry, and Chairman Jiang is also difficult!" Look at today's China, the Xingui and Cantonese factions are divided into the two provinces to fight against the central government, the three southwestern provinces are in civil war, the Jinsui provinces have repeatedly rebelled against the yang and the yin, and Zhang Xueliang's 300,000 army who retreated into the customs is still competing with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan's old department for the interests of North China. ”

"None of these millions of troops that have divided most of China can be commanded by Chairman Chiang, and at this time, the communist army is still fighting for territory and engaging in internal strife, what do you let the central government do? Therefore, Chairman Chiang's slogan of 'settling the outside world must first be at home' is completely correct, and only when the internal stability is settled can we unanimously be able to do anything externally, otherwise we will not be able to do anything! ”

"Alas, I really can't stand you brainwashed people, you don't bother to say it......" Wu Ming glanced at Ma Zhizhai and shook his head again and again.

Fang Youchun raised his hand and motioned to Ma Zhizhai to stop talking: "Political matters are very complicated, no one can tell right and wrong, and it is not something that we people can control, we just need to do our duty...... Well, don't say anything, that's all! Little brother, I hope I won't hear you complain like this again in the future, and don't let us worry about you as big brothers, okay? ”

Wu Ming nodded helplessly: "Okay, but I want to ask my eldest brother, which part of the provincial government and the security department plan to send into Jiangxi to assist the Central Army in the war?" ”

Fang Youchun was slightly surprised, and asked puzzledly: "Only your troops in our army can handle it...... How? You don't want to go? ”

"Of course I don't want to, I dare to say that with the current poor training level of the Central Army, the arrogant and ignorant mentality of the generals, and the selfish behavior of the princes of all walks of life, no matter how much advantage the Red Army occupies on the surface, it will still be defeated in the end...... Hmph, I don't want to put the 600 brothers I have worked so hard to train in vain. Wu Ming's attitude was very resolute.

Ma Zhizhai trembled with anger and asked sharply: "What if the communist army takes the initiative to beat you?" ”

Wu Ming couldn't help but be happy: "Brother Ma, with the current strength of the Red Army, do you think it is possible for them to hit Quzhou?" ”

Ma Zhizhai was stunned for a moment, thought about it and was unconvinced: "You are quibbling, didn't Fang Zhimin hit the country?" Doesn't that have anything to do with you? ”

"Brother Ma, are you unreasonable? How did you get two different things together? Do you think that the more than 3,000 people in the two security regiments of Changshan and Jiangshan can't beat Fang Zhimin's department, which is carrying nearly half of the people carrying spears and big knives? If someone asks you that, how will you, the chief of staff, answer? ”

Wu Mingle asked Ma Zhizhai uncontrollably, making Ma Zhizhai speechless for a while.

Fang Youchun began to make mud again: "Okay, okay!" I said, you two, you can't fight together every day? ”

"I really haven't fought with this kid before, but today is the first time." Ma Zhizhai scratched his head and explained with an embarrassed smile.

Fang Youchun was speechless when he heard this, and Wu Ming couldn't help laughing.

Fang Youchun took the tea time to sort out the thoughts that were disturbed by Wu Ming and Ma Zhizhai, and said his thoughts after putting down the teacup:

"In order to make the best use of troops, Deputy Commander Tang and I have repeatedly discussed and reached a preliminary agreement on the basis of Commissioner Lu's suggestion, and have decided to abolish the security regiments of Shouchang and Suichang counties in the deep areas of the defense zone, and hand over the task of maintaining the local areas to the government's police department and local militia groups.

"It's long overdue...... Speaking of Shouchang and Suichang Security Corps, I am angry, where do they look like a soldier when they are lazy? Ma Zhizhai fully supports Fang Youchun's decision.

Fang Youchun nodded: "Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity of this expansion to let you be promoted to lead a regiment in one step, and your ability is completely fine, but when I heard you say this just now, I think it makes sense, the training level of our army really needs to be improved, otherwise it really can't beat the elusive communist army." ”

"Therefore, I think that the teaching team must continue to run for a long time, not only to conduct rotation training for the squad and platoon leaders sent by each regiment of our army, but also to expand the scale a little more...... My initial idea is that the teaching team will keep the current battalion-level treatment unchanged, and add two more companies to the structure, and after training, it will be used as our most elite mobility, as long as the junior brother does not occupy the quota of the regiment commander, no one will dare to fart. ”

"Yes, I agree, if it weren't for the transfer out of Hangzhou this time to assist in the defense of Hangzhou, I would have urged the platoon commanders of each regiment to go to the teaching team for rotation training." Ma Zhizhai raised his hands in agreement, he knew better than anyone that with the current training level and advanced equipment of Wu Ming's teaching team, there would be no problem at all in defeating the regiment directly under him.

Wu Ming thought for a moment and promised: "I am very happy to accept this task, but the training funds and the ammunition, clothing and materials required for training must be guaranteed...... Presumably, the two eldest brothers also knew how big the actual expenditure of the teaching team had been in the past six months, and the average consumption of 300 rounds of ammunition per officer and soldier alone made those people in the quartermaster department anxious. ”

Ma Zhizhai has another opinion: "I almost forgot about this if you don't say this, do you think you are too wasteful?" Three hundred rounds for one person, and the other troops don't even have ten rounds! ”

Wu Ming was not in a hurry, and patiently explained: "Brother Ma, if you see the target shooting results of the teaching team with your own eyes, I'm afraid you won't feel distressed...... In the past, in order to keep it secret and avoid the jealousy of others, I have been silent, and I have not allowed my brothers to disclose any training situation to the outside world, but now I can clearly report: Even if the man of our teaching team hits a 100-meter target, the ten bullets are not lower than 70 rings. ”

Ma Zhizhai and Fang Youchun were taken aback, what kind of achievement is this?

According to the assessment standards of the province's security forces, it can only be regarded as good, but this is a guy, if it is to be replaced by the most elite spy platoon under Wu Ming, what level should it reach?