Yu Jishi and his entourage left silently, Wu Ming returned to the hut behind the camp headquarters, lay down in his clothes, reviewed the rights and wrongs and effects of his every sentence, and breathed a sigh of relief after the last relief.

From the first time he met Yu Ji, Wu Ming was faintly aware of Yu Jishi's solicitation, not to mention anything else, just with more than 2,000 elite soldiers and sophisticated equipment in Wu Ming's hands, it was a huge attraction for any superior.

Secondly, Wu Ming's reputation in the past two years is enough to attract Yu Jishi's attention.

Although there are many examples of vain names in recent years, and there are many famous generals who have made boastful statements for political needs or the interests of various groups, and there are many people who usually end up in a dismal end at the end of the day, Wu Ming's ability and strength are clearly placed in front of everyone, and Yu Ji, who has just arrived and is responsible for the defense of a province, will not be unable to see it, let alone be unmoved.

From the bottom of his heart, Wu Ming, who is ambitious, also wants to seize the opportunity to test Yu Jishi, the reason why he is so impulsive and arrogant tonight in front of Yu Jishi and other generals is that in addition to showing his true opinion, why not want to test Yu Jishi's bearing?

In Wu Ming's view, even if Yu Jishi was Chiang Kai-shek's nephew and confidant, and Chu Qiao, who was the most potential and influential in the first phase of Huangpu, if he did not have a broad mind and enough wisdom, he would not be worthy of his refuge and follow, and it would be more than worth the loss, and even bring a fatal blow.

When Wu Ming was struggling to weigh the pros and cons alone, in the living room of the carved beams and paintings of the Yadong Courtyard in Yushan County, some people were also thinking about him, Yu Jishi and his fellow villager and junior brother Chen Shi were surrounding the charcoal stove, brewing fragrant tea, and seriously analyzing Wu Ming, who was extremely impressive to them.

The ordinary-looking Chen Shizheng belongs to the inner show type of talent, low-key but quite talented, resourceful, decisive, thoughtful, meticulous to Wu Ming's behavior of wearing the same clothes as soldiers, he can deduce Wu Ming's general personality from this, Wu Ming and the soldiers share weal and woe, like Guan Yunchang, "arrogant but not tolerant, bullying the strong but not bullying" and so on, Chen Shizheng did not let go, and made an objective evaluation.

In general, Chen Shizheng believed in Wu Ming's ability and talent, appreciated Wu Ming's rigor and pragmatism, but was very unaccustomed to Wu Ming's arrogance and conceit.

After listening to Chen Shizheng's analysis, Yu Jishi pondered for a long time and expressed his different opinions:

"I don't think there's anything bad about Wu Ming's character, not to mention that I deeply agree with his analysis of friendly forces today, not to mention anything else, just to say that the failure of the first three large-scale encirclement and suppression operations is precisely because of the selfishness of the princes of Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Fujian and other fields."

"To put it mildly, aren't the divisions of our Central Army and our Huangpu lineage also commonly calculating and demolishing each other? Wu Ming's remarks today are not only not lies, but a rare kind of frankness. The reason why I still have concerns about Wu Ming is not because of his arrogance and conceit, but because I can't see through him as a person...... Therefore, we have to continue to observe and understand slowly. ”

Chen Shizheng was deep in thought, and Yu Jishi didn't bother him, picked up the teapot that was bubbling up with "poof", and brewed two new cups of tea.

Waiting for Chen Shizheng to pick up the teacup, Yu Jishi suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Do you think Wu Ming's appearance is extremely similar to Chen Bo'an, the second-stage junior brother who died on the battlefield?" ”

Chen Shizheng suddenly patted his head: "I almost forgot about this...... I heard me (Xuan Tiewu) and Rong An (Leng Xin) mention it twice before, and after meeting, I felt that this Wu Ming really looked like Brother Bo'an, by the way, my brother also said before setting off that I planned to take this opportunity to go to Huanggu Town in the north of Shangrao City to visit Brother Bo'an's parents. If you take this opportunity to confirm it in passing, it is estimated that you will be able to clear up your doubts. ”

Yu Jishi lifted the teacup and nodded: "That's right, when the time comes, the two of us will pull Wu Ming together and see his reaction." ”

Chen Shizheng stroked his palm and smiled, as if he was looking forward to it.

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The next day's march became much easier, and the Shangrao security forces drove two mobile transport ships and requisitioned nearly 100 large and small wooden boats, and the three infantry regiments of the Zhejiang army were able to board the ships and go down the river.

Equipped with twenty-five new carriages and thirty pack horses, Wu Ming's troops could not get on the boat, so they could only continue to march on foot, Wu Ming did not complain about this, did not say a word, and drove west with his brothers, although the mileage from Yushan to Shangrao was forty-eight kilometers, but the flat road built along the north bank of the Xinjiang River was easy to walk.

Yu Jishi, who boarded the ship the last time, and other generals felt very strange when they saw Wu Ming walking in the middle of the team with a flower zebra, and several school officials even sneered at Wu Ming's approach.

Chief of Staff Ma Zhizhai didn't want Wu Ming to leave a bad impression on Yu Jishi, and when he approached Yu Jishi, he explained in a soft voice:

"Commander, Wu Ming's regiment usually trains like this, due to the limited number of war horses, in order to ensure the safety of the march, except for the cavalry reconnaissance and alert team and herald soldiers who are on guard before and after, all officers and soldiers have to walk, even battalion-level officers are no exception, this is also one of the most unique places in Wu Ming's department."

"The subordinates once asked the reason, Wu Ming said that unless necessary, everyone should use the limited war horses where they are most needed, and the officers should share the weal and woe with the soldiers under their command, so as to really gain the respect of the officers and soldiers.

Yu Jishi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "This guy is interesting, interesting, haha!" ”

Zhang Yingnian, the adjutant of Yu Jishi next to him, smiled disdainfully: "He has released the marching cordon so far, what kind of cold gun are he afraid of?" ”

Ma Zhizhai said: "Wu Ming is not cowardly, but cautious. You must know that Lu Dao himself is a rare sharpshooter, he uses a 38 rifle to shoot a humanoid target 200 meters away in a kneeling position, and he can shoot ten bullets in one minute to shoot more than 85 rings, so he is so careful. ”

"Huh!? How is this possible? ”

Kong Wuxiong's Zhang Yingnian looked incredulous, and Yu Jishi and others were also deeply shocked.

Ma Zhizhai solemnly explained: "Wu Ming's special service company has a squad, all composed of sharpshooters, there are only seven officers and soldiers, he called it a sniper squad, these seven officers and soldiers were brought out by him, and they have been practicing hard for more than two years, and the per capita consumption of no less than 20,000 rounds of ammunition has far surpassed Wu Ming's marksmanship. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zhizhai looked at Wu Ming's department, which was farther away from the original on the shore: "In the middle of January last year, before I was transferred to the province, I learned that Wu Ming's ammunition consumption far exceeded the regulations, so I called Wu Ming to question, and then I learned that he had this unconventional training program. ”

"Curious, I went to his field training ground with Deputy Director Fang to see what was going on, Wu Ming called out the seven officers and soldiers of the special service company under his command, and hit a humanoid target 300 meters away, and the firearm used was the German Mauser M1924 standard rifle they bought, and the worst score of ten rounds was 82 rings, we were shocked at that time, and let the seven officers and soldiers shoot another 30 rounds, and the result was still the same."

"Wu Ming's purpose in forming a sniper squad is to deal with important targets such as enemy commanders, gunners, and machine gunners on the battlefield, and it is estimated that this is also the main reason why he is worried that others will shoot him coldly. If you don't believe it, you can find a chance to observe it when you get to Shangrao, and seeing is believing. ”

No one spoke now, and when Qi Qi looked at Yu Ji, he wanted to hear his opinion. Yu Jishi nodded slightly, as if he had made up his mind.